Having A Ball

06.03.14

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￼Valerie and Tracy Dieterich at JDRF

Nearly 1,000 guests turned out for the annual Promise Ball, a fundraiser for the JDRF Houston Gulf Coast Chapter that this year raised an astonishing $1.3 million. The ballroom of the Hilton Americas hotel Downtown was transformed into a European garden for the party’s theme, Imagine the Night. Event planners at A Fare Extraordinaire recruited aerial performers and The Mars Hill Band from Dallas to make it a truly enchanting evening. ... Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign hosted a sell-out soiree at the Westin Galleria. Chaired by Kevin Baucom and Britt Kornmann, the black-tie bash also featured a rowdy afterparty with DJ Special K from 104.1 KRBE. –HRC Photos by Oliver Puzon; JDRF Photos Courtesy of Kimberly Public Affairs